Engineers fixed the Millennium Bridge's swaying issues by retrofitting the structure with 37 energy dissipating dampers to control the horizontal movement, and another 52 inertial dampers to ...

The London Millennium Footbridge across the River Thames, for example, opened with great fanfare in 2000, only to close within days after large crowds found the bridge rocking unnervingly as they ...

Happy 25th birthday to the Millennium Bridge — now a 40th of a millennium old. The sleek span changed the way we get around ...

U.S. and British researchers claim to have found a better explanation for the wobble of London's River Thames Millennium pedestrian suspension bridge than the one prevailing for over 20 years.

London’s Millennium Bridge, which was closed due to excessive swaying three days after it opened in June 2000, will reopen at 10am on Friday 22nd February. This time, says Arup, the engineering ...

Unswayed. Italian bridge built for Winter Olympic village will feature dampers to stop footstep-caused sway. Engineers are using lessons learned from London’s Millennium Bridge, notorious for ...

The Millennium Bridge problem was solved by fitting 91 dampers to absorb lateral and vertical oscillations. It re-opened in 2002 after the changes cost an extra £5m. More about ...

It reopened in February 2002 after having dampers fitted. In 2000, BBC News covered the bridge's teething issues and the factors that caused it to sway. Follow BBC London on Facebook , external ...

The Millennium Bridge. Photo by Richard Watkins LRPS. It's one of the most striking of the Thames bridges, and definitely one of our favourites. Here's everything you need to know about the ...

IN a carnival atmosphere the bridge of sighs became the bridge of dreams at last yesterday. London's famous "wobbly" bridge, for months a lame duck and another fine example of heroic British ...

A quarter of a century after it opened and promptly closed, London's Millennium Bridge is marking its 25th anniversary. The footbridge, which spans the Thames between St Paul's Cathedral and the ...